- Apr 25, 2014
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As the title above describes I've run into this little anomaly and I'm trying to figure out why it even works in the slightest bit.
I found out the "hard way" after buying another GPU that a second card is not actually utilized unless you have crossfire(AMD) or SLI(intel) capabilities. No problem, I'm an idiot, let's move on...
It wasn't a complete loss since I was able to duo monitors and was able to dedicate my OBS streaming software strictly to one card which greatly helped with game performance WHILE streaming; here's where it gets a little funky:
I notice slight but very important rendering performance while gaming when my other graphics card is turned on and using my secondary monitor but what's weird is that the secondary monitor has absolutely nothing going on with it.... it's just ON. I couldn't find any answers as to why it was helping my game performance and until I do I'll just keep it running in the background.
Note: I did have a theory as to why this would happen: It might be handling the load of something in the background like the desktop rendering or other GPU dependent processes....which I haven't the foggiest as to what those may be.
And just to clarify: My main monitor is hooked up to the 1st GPU and my other monitor is hooked up to my 2nd GPU. Both monitors are on but only the Main monitor handles my games and I have NO SLI OR CROSSFIRE BRIDGE.
I found out the "hard way" after buying another GPU that a second card is not actually utilized unless you have crossfire(AMD) or SLI(intel) capabilities. No problem, I'm an idiot, let's move on...
It wasn't a complete loss since I was able to duo monitors and was able to dedicate my OBS streaming software strictly to one card which greatly helped with game performance WHILE streaming; here's where it gets a little funky:
I notice slight but very important rendering performance while gaming when my other graphics card is turned on and using my secondary monitor but what's weird is that the secondary monitor has absolutely nothing going on with it.... it's just ON. I couldn't find any answers as to why it was helping my game performance and until I do I'll just keep it running in the background.
Note: I did have a theory as to why this would happen: It might be handling the load of something in the background like the desktop rendering or other GPU dependent processes....which I haven't the foggiest as to what those may be.
And just to clarify: My main monitor is hooked up to the 1st GPU and my other monitor is hooked up to my 2nd GPU. Both monitors are on but only the Main monitor handles my games and I have NO SLI OR CROSSFIRE BRIDGE.
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